653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
1-415-586-3733
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Open to walk-in trade and browsing
Tuesday to Sunday
noon to six
Live Streams every weekend!
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But nothing beats being in the room with the music & the musicians!
Saturday, April 11th – 1 pm
Avotcja, 2015 Jazz Hero!
Join saxophone titan John Handy, jazz diva Denise Perrier, master trumpeter Eddie Gale and the Dynamic Miss Faye Carol (2014 Jazz Hero) — along with Modúpue bandmates Yancie Taylor, Sandi Poindexter, Jon Jang, Heshima Mark Williams, Val Serrant and Baba Ken Okulolo  — in honoring “2015 Jazz Hero” Avotcja on Saturday, April 11th at 1…
Wednesday, April 8th – 7 pm
Gallery opening!
Greg Adams & Tom Baxter
Gallery Ex Libris, in the recesses of Bird & Beckett, features work by Greg Adams (assemblages) and Tom Baxter (drawings) through the end of April. Â Wednesday night at 7pm is the opening, and we hope to see you there! Gallery Ex Libris is curated by Jack Whittington. Visit galleryexlibris.com for information regarding submissions and past…
Monday, April 6th – 7 pm
Poets Mike Tuggle & Bill Vartnaw
Two Laureates on one stage… and you in the open mic… Mike Tuggle, Sonoma County Poet Laureate Emeritus (2008-9), is celebrating the upcoming publication of The Motioning In, New & Selected Poems by Petaluma River Press due this spring.  He is also the author of Absolute Elsewhere (2004, Philos Press) & The Singing Itself (2009, Running…
Sunday, April 5th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Eugene Pliner Trio
Eugene Pliner, piano Adam Gay, bass Omar Aran, drums A classic piano trio, led by one of the key players on the local scene for decades, often heard at Les Joulins Jazz Bistro. Eugene began his musical career at an early age in Riga, Latvia (formerly Russia). In his early twenties, he migrated to the…
jazz club!
Saturday, April 4th – 8-11pm
Smith Dobson Quartet
Smith Dobson, tenor sax   and vibraphone Luke Westbrook, guitar Noah Schenker, bass Hamir Atwal, drums Smith Dobson debuts a new quartet to explore some of his own writing and aspects of the jazz canon that inform his sensibility. Without doubt, Smith is one of the key players on the San Francisco jazz scene…
Sunday, March 29th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Misisipi Mike Wolf covers Willie Nelson’s Red Headed Stranger
On March 29, local folk ‘n’ country songwriter of some small note, Misisipi Mike Wolf and his musical pals will perform live and in person, for all those who wish to be entertained, the classic 1975 Willie (Hugh) Nelson concept album “Red Headed Stranger.” Considered one of the best albums all time, “Red Headed Stranger”…
Sunday, April 12th – Noon!
The Pleasure Palace
plays Bird & Beckett’s
Surf-a-billy Swing Time Dance Party
Come on out to our 2nd Sunday Surf-a-billy Swing Time Dance Party! This month, it’s The Pleasure Palace, featuring the guitarero of North Beach, Ned Boynton; organ grinder Lorenzo Farrell and drummer/raconteur Rolf Wilkinson! Â You’re going to love this little band and their swinging little repertoire. They’re beyond category, so we won’t assay to pigeonhole…
Sunday, March 29th — 2:30 pm
Walker Brents III
on the Greek Mystery Religions
Walker Talks! Â A monthly series of ruminations by Walker Brents on diverse subjects — from individual writers and philosophers, to bits of mythology, epic tales and cultural turning points. Today, Walker will plumb the subject of the Greek mystery religions- cults that persisted for centuries and even millennia, each with its own secret rituals,…
Saturday, March 28th — 8-11 pm
jazz club! when lights are low…
Focus on Horace Silver
The Vinnie Rodriguez Quartet
Erik Jekabson, trumpet Keith Saunders, piano Adam Gay, bass Vinnie Rodriguez, drums Vinnie Rodriguez’ quartet will focus on the writings of the late, great jazz pianist Horace Silver. The pianist on today’s date, Keith Saunders, is among the most sought after local piano players for hard bop dates, with a sure feel for the complexity…
Monday, March 23rd — 7 pm
Anselm Hollo Tribute
Join Loren Bell and Tinker Green to Celebrate the Lyfe of Poet and Trickster, Anselm Hollo. Share favorite poems and stories.    blankets, & wooden beams, & crackling radios &    chatter    it was better than heaven, it was    being safe surrounded by many    all of whom…